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staff writer , focussed on espionage, jihadism, war crimes, migration, human trafficking

Joined February 2012

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    17 Dec 2018

    SHALLOW GRAVES My latest for on how the corruption and cruelty of the Iraqi state is laying the groundwork for the resurgence of ISIS. With stunning photos by , and support from .

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    Between Dec. 16 and Dec. 29, CJTF-OIR conducted 469 strikes consisting of 1,001 engagements in Syria, and conducted nine strikes consisting of 14 engagements in Iraq.

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    20 hours ago

    If you're keeping score at home, Trump said it would happen within 30 days, then Lindsey Graham said it wouldn't, then the White House said it would happen within four months, then the State Department said there's no timeline

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  6. Jan 3

    The conclusion of 's incredibly important thread on the use of commercial drones in urban combat:

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    Jan 3

    “You sometimes hear cops talk about people in the community as ‘civilians,’ but that’s bullshit,” Patrick Skinner, a counterterrorism expert who is now a beat cop, says. “We’re not the military. The people we’re policing are our neighbors”:

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  8. Jan 3

    As just announced... My profile of Patrick Skinner is being developed into a T.V. show. Here's the original story:

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    Jan 1

    I’m not a sheep dog cuz my neighbors aren’t sheep. I’m not a warrior cuz I’m not at war with my neighbors. I’m not a Spartan logo t-shirt. I’m not a thin blue line. I’m a very lucky person with great colleagues & neighbors & we live & we work right here

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    Jan 2

    I need to make clear that the kid is the ‘hero’ of this thread. I’m at best a well-intended tourist in his life, always at not good times. He bucked history & perhaps his own experience to see my open window & say ‘I’ll give it a chance’ That’s all i am. An open window. A chance

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    We're developing a show based on him. He's extraordinary. Read the incredible article about him by here --

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  12. Jan 2

    I came across this NYT article from November, 1930, while doing archival research on Lake Chad, fifteen months ago, and still think about it constantly:

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    Jan 2
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    Jan 2

    This is one of the best and most harrowing pieces I have read. And if you think ISIS is not coming back think again by ⁦⁩ Iraq’s Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge | The New Yorker

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    Jan 2

    The US paved the way, didn't plan for longterm, and China now profits... The story of armed drone use in the Middle East, but also well beyond

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  16. Jan 1

    The reason there are so few foreign men in Iraqi prisons is that these are official numbers for those who have been entered into the judicial process. Most Arab foreign fighters who surrendered were killed on the spot or in pre-trial interrogation rooms.

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    MbS enforcers abducted and tortured partner in Saudi. McKinsey's response? He no longer works for us.

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  19. 29 Dec 2018
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    29 Dec 2018

    This piece by on the thrills of wild swimming makes you want to jump straight into the nearest lake. Beautiful

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  21. 28 Dec 2018

    The Saudi government recruited thousands of child soldiers from Sudan to fight as mercenaries on the front lines in Yemen.

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